Fastening for shoe-heels



M. SNIDER AND H. KAUFMAN.

FASTENING FOR SHOE HEELS.

APPLICATION FILED APR.22, 1919.

1 ,333, 1 38. Patented Mar. 9, 1920.

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ATTORNEYS.

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resrnirme sen SHOE-HEELS.

Specification'of Letters lE'a'tent.

leaned Mar. 9, 1

Application filed Aprilfiil, 1919. SerialrlofSQLSSGl To-aZZ whom it may 00a" Be it known that w IL, 7 e, l rlax Smear: and

HERMAN KAUFMAN, bothcitizens of the in the city and county or Ph1ladelph1a,-State of Pennsyh;

United States, residing vania, have invented a new and useful "toning for Shoe-Heels, of. which the following is a specification. 1

Our inventlonrelates to a heel for a shoe, boot or llke article and 1t consistsof nove means for fastening or connecting the heel witha shoe or the like, whereby the heel is readily appliable to a shoe, etc., and will be held firmly 1n position andmaybe removed conveniently therefrom when so desired for repairs, packing, etc.

The invention is satisfactorily illustrated in the accompanying drawing, but the 11nport-ant instrumentalities thereof may be varied, and so it is to be understood that theinvention is not liniit'edto the specific details shown and described, as long as the variations are within the spirit orscope of theclaiins. i I V i Figure 1 represents a partial side elevation and partial vertical section oifa fasten- .ing of a shoe heel. embodying our invention,

Fig. 2 represents a vertical section thereof on line 2-2 Fig. 1.

Flg. 3 represents a bottom the COHHGCtlBg IBGmbQI on the shoe;

Fig. rel represents a top plan view of a heel:

' showing the connecting member thereon.

Fig. 5 represents a perspective view oi the connecting member shown in Fig. 3

removed from the shoe.

F 6 represents a front view of the upthe heel embodying our inper portion of vention.

corresponding parts in the figures.

Befcrungto the drawings.

1 designates a plate forrned'of metal or other suitable "material, the same being adapted to be secured to the underneath portion of the heel portionof the sole of a shoe, the sides of said plate being'turned or deflected downwardly formingthe lips ,2 which are separated from said under ew tion of the heel,v as best shown in Figs.

1 and 9. v p A part of thejplatel is cut out therefrom in the longitudinal direction'ofthe shoe,

and bent backward on the plate forming the spring or resilient loop-like catch 3 which is portion 6 of said The. heel is -e uyolate 1, and pushed to the plan' view of L i 1 the latter,

somewhat of loop-shape, thebend 4 of which is in front forininga shoulder to be hereinaft'er more fully referred to. The termi- .nal portion of said catch forms the tongue 5 which extends rearwardly from thelower bend, tongueand the body or the catch resilient.

7 designates the heel of a shoe, the ore terior of the same being of conventional form 'andhaving inits-top the recess 8 V which is below thenpper rini 90f the heel.

On the interior ot'the lower end of said rnn is the groove or channel-10, the upper e wall of which overhangs inwardly forminghe flange 11..

12 designates the front wall of the recess 8, the same having 'in'its topthe passage 13 which is open throughout, its front end being at thetop of the front, breastil lvoi the heeh'and its rear the recess 8.

thus rendering the.

end being at the front of ln said breastbelow the passage 13 is the opening or port '15 which forms a communication from the exterionojf'said breast to the interior ofsaid recess 'he-low the bend 4C of the catch. I

The operation of the heel: to the shoefisas iollows:+

channel 10 receivesthe lips 'As the heel advances the pas age 13 inthe recess 8 receives, the thecatcl 3 and thebend 5 or" the hase'or said passage then riding onthe underside of said bend, the depth front wall 12 of the. terminal 6 or" ofsaidpassage being such that it raises said bend andconsequently the body of the catch contracting the latter invert-real, direction.

do of said front wall 12 the downwardly: the base'iof the passage 13,,and so abuts as a. shoulder against the inner side of said wall 12 as a stop, v as shown in Fig. 1, thus locking the heel, this occurring'when the catch expands latter occupies itsxproper position on the shoe. 7 v

I Should it be desired to remove said heel,

a nail, pin, or other suitable implement is presented to the rear of the front when the" the plate 1.

. Then as soon as the-bend clears the inner Similar numerals oiirel erence lndicate s'i and engages there- 7 and said bend springs below i back on" the latter providing in front a bend heel portion of thesole of the shoe inserted in the port 15, and pushed toward the catch 3 whereby its point strikes the thus bend 4 thereof and rides thereunder, raising the catch in the recess or chamber 8 whereby said bend clears the base of the passage 12 in the .front Wall 1:2 of the recess 8 and the tongue 5 of the catch in register with said passage when the heel maybe drawn rearwardly, the bend 6 and tongue 5 then freely occupying said passage, the flange 11 of the rini'riding freely over the lips 2 oi the plate 1, in the movement oi the heel, and sothe catch is disconnected from'the shoe and when the heel is drawn rearwardly to full extent it is entirely removed from the shoe. 7

Having thus described our invention what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is zi 1. A fastening plate constructed and ar ranged to be fastened to'the' heel portion of a shoe and having on the sides thereoi downturned lips, a movable heel having 111 the top a channel to receive said lips, and a recess in said top,'a passage on said top leading to said recessand' a stop Ont-he interior' of the Wall of said passage, and catch member adapted to be connected with the and hav- 7 a depending resilient tongue turned back on said member forming a loop like piece the bend ing' thereon fastening plate-integral Withthe latter, the Wall of the heel havingtherein below said passage a portextendln through the same adaptedtoreceive an implementto raise said catch and tongue above saidstop in register with said passage for removal purposes. I

2. A heel, acatch' of resilient material, and a plate carrynig said catch, said'plate belng attachable to a shoe, said catch belng composed of a portion of said plate turned catch and attachable to a of which is in front forming a shoulder which is adapted to engage interlock-ingly said stop, said catch member and tongue being turned out of said,

chamber.

forming a shoulder which is removably engageable with a shoulder member Within said heel,

cated in said heel.

3. A heel having in its top portion a recess and a rim having in its inner side a channel, the front Wall of said recess provided in its upper side with a passage.

' a. A resilient catch, a plate carrying said shoe, said catch being composed of a looped-shaped portion of said plate turned back on the latter providing in front a bend forming a shoulder and rearward of tie latter an elastic tongue,

and a heel having in its upper portion a recess to contain said catch, a rim internally adapted to engage the sidesof said plate, and a passage inthe front wall of said recess throughwhich said tongue is movable in adjusting the heel in position, said front Wallhaving its inner side adapted to form a stop for, saidshoulder, said tongue 'being adapted to occupy said heel, the latter having in its Wall a port Which leads from the having" therein aport leading to; said f rst: SNIDER. i VtlERl/IAN KAUFMAN.

Witnesses-2 JOHN A. Nrcnnnsnnmr, N. BUssINGERQ and a resilient tongue rearward or" said shoulder which is adapted to be loplate being attachable to a' accessible from 1 the extermr of the'heel, the Wall or the latter 

